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Common Flat-pea

Family: Fabaceae

Genus: Platylobium

Species: obtusangulum

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

Wiry low shrub common as understorey in heaths. Leaves opposite, arrow shaped with sharp points. Red and yellow pea flowers in the axils of upper leaves. Seed pods flat.

Flowering start in September and ends in November.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow. Red and yellow flowers, arrow shaped leaves with sharp spiky points.

References

Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia. Leon Costermans.

Created: 12 Feb 2014 - Member - John and Val
Updated: 17 Aug 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Victorian Midlands (VIM)

Region Specifics

Grampians NP

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